Frank Lampard is poised to quit Chelsea after going to war with Luiz Felipe Scolari.

The furious midfielder accosted chief executive Peter Kenyon over new boss Scolari's televised claims that he WILL be staying at Stamford Bridge.

Earlier yesterday, Lampard had been told that the Blues did NOT fancy giving him the fiveyear deal he wanted.

That contract would have seen Lampard end his career at Chelsea - but then he was stunned and confused to hear Scolari use his unveiling as Chelsea manager to claim he would be staying at the club.

Lampard, 30, immediately went to ambush Kenyon in his own office at Chelsea's Cobham training HQ. Lampard, who has less than one year left on his current deal, insists he had told Scolari he was being forced out of the club after seven years.

And as Chelsea rejected an increased £8million bid from Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan for the England star last night, Scolari's first week in charge descended into internal war.

Scolari told the world that he expected both Lampard and Didier Drogba to stay.

The Brazilian said: "I met Frank Lampard and told him that I like him very much as a player and as a person.

"I said to him: 'Frank, I've heard this, this and this about you' and he said to me: 'This, this and this is true but I want to stay' and that he wants to play for Chelsea for many years because he is happy. When I heard that, I was happy that he would stay too.

"I don't know for how long - that is not important and he has a minimum one year - but I've told everybody I want him to stay.

"He says he wants to stay. My job is done. Now it's down to other people."

Chelsea's final offer of £140,000 per week for four years was rejected by the Lampard camp.

And when he learned he wasn't going to get the deal he wanted, Lampard was incredulous to hear the Brazilian's interpretation of events.

Lampard privately insists he told Scolari: "Listen, I always dreamed of finishing my career at Chelsea, but it's not going to happen. We can't agree a contract."

The intrigue came after Chelsea publicly rejected Inter's opening £7m bid, telling the Italians: "We will not enter into any discussions regarding the transfer of Frank Lampard."